Well, after living here for almost a month, I finally made the first trip to the local supermarket. Up until now we’ve been living off of food we already had before we moved and from Metro, the wholesaler like Costco & Sam’s Club which we have here in Germany. But we decided to cook tacos […]

I’m not 100% sure what is going on with Ayla and the vacuum, but something is definitely up. Since Ayla was a puppy she’s gone absolutely crazy when I vacuum. She barks, she jumps around and she mostly just seems to be wanting the vacuum to play with her. But lately things seem to have […]

We’ve been in our new house for almost a month now and I can now list one of the benefits of carpet: it holds down the Newf fur to prevent the tumbleweeds. Our new house has no carpet at all. It’s all tile and old hardwood floors and that’s the way we like it. Having […]

Well, I don’t really have anything new to report on the kitty/doggie integration. The cats still don’t seem to be giving the dog any leniency around here and the dog can’t understand the rules of this hissing and growling game the cats have but she sure would like to learn. There was an unintended visit […]

So Macky has left and won’t be back until the new door arrives for the office. He thinks it should be here sometime this week so he’ll give us a call. He also has some trim to finish out in the entry hall but at least the more major tasks are complete now. The dishwasher […]